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Thursday, September 29, 2016

3 out of 5 gnomesThe character of Amos Decker is really fascinating. The whole never forgetting anything would be pretty horrible I imagine but it is really interesting to get inside this character's head. This point of view is an intriguing one and makes you wonder about how anybody would deal with having that kind of brain.Then you add the trauma of having your family murdered and being able to remember every detail, not wonder he's not in the best shape/place when the book starts.The mystery in the book is really good and has a plethora of twists and turns. It's the ultimate motivation of the big bad that seemed really flimsy to me. I was with it up to a certain point but wow things kind of go off the rails. With that said though I'm still curious to see where the series goes next.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

“Honestly, though, my dreams never really went much further than the simple hope of getting out of Florida, away from my family, and to somewhere where I could be myself without a single second thought.”

“This fit into my theory about people with effortless abs and how they must have done something really selfless in a past life— those abs had to be God’s way of saying Psssst … Hey, you! I’m sorry.”

Monday, September 26, 2016

The first sentence from each chapter of Drag Teen, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)

“THIS ISN’T ONE OF THOSE stories about a heartwarming journey toward accepting my cursed homosexual identity.”

“THE LATE SHIFT AT THE gas station usually meant dealing with people who were pretty drunk.”

“I HATE TESTS.”

“AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO …”

“ONCE IT WAS IN THERE, I couldn’t get the idea out of my head.”

“I MIGHT REGRET THIS, BUT I want to do it.”

“WITH THE ISSUE OF MY parents behind me and the first day of spring break being four nights away, I sent in my application for the pageant, which made the whole thing feel real, official, and utterly intimidating.”

“WE FOLLOWED OUR NEW FRIENDS from the diner in Seth’s car.”

“SETH WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME.”

“WE GOT UP LATE THE next day and hit the road.”

“SORRY ’BOUT THE MESS,” TINA said, throwing her coat over the sofa as soon as we got into the house.”

“WITH A VOICE LIKE YOURS, I’ll kill you if I ever catch you smoking a cigarette.”

“IT WAS CLOUDY BY THE time we got to Ocean City.”

“SEEING THE SIGN THAT READ NEW YORK CITY— 50 MILES gave me legitimate goose bumps.”

“WE WEREN’T CRAZY ABOUT DRIVING again in Manhattan, so we left the car where it was and took a mind-blowingly expensive cab over to the mysterious-sounding XXXL, which turned out to be a not-so-mysterious enormous gay club.”

“THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE car came to a halt in the middle of the four-lane street. Immediately, a symphony of car horns sounded behind us, with agitated voices shouting at us, in a menagerie of languages, to get the hell out of the road.”

“THE NEXT MORNING WAS THE first day of the pageant.”

“NATHAN LEARY ARRIVED AFTER LUNCH.”

“I WAS ON CLOUD NINE when I met up with Heather and Seth after rehearsal at the cutest New York café around the corner, which I realized once I walked inside was actually just a Starbucks.”

“SETH CAME BACK A FEW minutes later, shaking his head.”

“I DIDN’T SMOKE.”

“MR. HART?”

“THERE WAS A LOUD MURMUR from the audience as they took their seats on the other side of the big red curtain.”

“ONCE I GOT OFFSTAGE, EVERYONE was coming up to me and telling me congratulations.”

Friday, September 23, 2016

Gah, I really really loved this book. It has such a tremendous cover too, that I knew I wanted to read it ASAP (I mean who doesn't want to read about things like demonic cupcakes.) I'm drawn to super hero books and this one was awesome. I adored the blend of humor, relationships, and surprises.

I like the uniqueness of how the powers are obtained in this story. Here's hoping we see more of these interesting power in the next books.

The relationships in the story really help it shine. From Aveda and Evie on down to the rest of the crew. There are plenty of complications of course but that just makes for great reading. I love the friendship and family that is shown here and how things aren't perfect but they all find a way.

This book went to super status for me with that ending. I for one didn't foresee those twists and turns. I am really looking forward to reading more about these characters.

If you're a fan of super characters, humor, don't mind a lot of f-bombs, and some romance than this book is for you.

Monday, September 19, 2016

A quick fun read. This is set in the early eighties so the slang and such feels a little jarring at first. I like the newspaper setting too.

It kind of feels like a cliche movie at times, yet you can't look away. It's predictable sure but the journey along the way is pretty great.The love story is predictable sure, but they are quite the interesting couple.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

This story is pretty darn predictable but it is a fun read most of the time.

Kevin is really bro-tastic aka he acts like he has to be a manly man all of the time. Then for good reasons he gets put into a cooking class or Domestic Tech (which I’m pretty sure is a really old fashioned name for that kind of class.) Cooking introduces him to Claire who is not who Kevin would normally be around. She sounds pretty normal but he and his friends only go out with the popular girls/cheerleaders.

Kevin and Claire make for an interesting combo and there are the obvious complications along the way. They both make some definitely not great decisions but it does feel earned when they find their way back to each other.

A certain part had me sobbing pretty good because I always worry just a bit too much when a dog in a story has issues.

Overall a quick read that could have used just a little more depth to it all.

Monday, September 12, 2016

I wanted to read the story based on the blurb. I think I was just expecting more from it all.

Abigail seemed a lot too accepting of the whole cult thing. I know you listen to your parents but when they go completely off the rails I think most people would hopefully try to find a way out a whole lot sooner.

Her brother almost has the right idea but definitely doesn’t go about it the right way.

The ending just kind of made me mad. I felt really unbelievable like they just waved a magic wand or something now and POOF, everything is okay. I think I just needed more information for everything and for the book to feel more believable.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

“...happy to have remembered her clothes today. Mother was always bothering her about that.”

“Being afraid meant it was okay to forget your manners. If you’re afraid, you never have to be nice.”

“He’d touched her arm, so, really, she had no choice but to punch him.”

“Color, you see, was the universal sign of magic.”

“Oh, life had been a lonely one, but she knew how to pass the time.”

“Anyway, it wasn’t that she needed anyone to like her.

It was just that she already liked herself so much and found herself so very interesting (and smart and creative and nice and funny and friendly and genuine) that she really couldn’t understand why it wasn’t easier for her to fit in.”